#1 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Audubon Park
Lakeland TN
~8.51 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Downtown Southaven (Neighborhood)
Southhaven MS
~9.29 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Lichterman Nature Center
5992 Quince Rd Memphis TN
~9.95 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Located in the heart of metropolitan Memphis, the Center features exciting new exhibits, lush gardens featuring native wildflowers and trees, and a tradition of excellence in environmental education set in the midst of 65 acres of lake, meadow, and forest. http://www.memphismuseums.org/lichterman-overview/
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Graceland Mansion
3734 Elvis Presley Blvd. Memphis TN
~10.58 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Graceland (Elvis' Home)
Cordova TN
~11.98 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Germantown
Germantown TN
~12.04 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Memphis Botanic Gardens Hardin Hall
Memphis TN
~12.09 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
University of Memphis
Lakeland TN
~12.89 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Art Museum of the University of Memphis
Memphis TN
~13.15 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Pink Palace Museum
Memphis TN
~13.76 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Libertyland
Lakeland TN
~14.07 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Lakeland TN
~14.16 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Children's Museum of Memphis
Memphis TN
~14.37 miles from Olive Branch city center
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The Children's Museum of Memphis creates memorable learning experiences through the joy of play in hands-on exhibits and programs.
Core Values
• The intersection of play and hands-on learning
• A positive impact on the community
• A positive family experience
• A complement to classroom education
• Inclusiveness
• Excellent customer service
• Nurturing appropriate partnerships in the community
• Following the best practices of the children’s museums field
Incorporated in 1987, the museum is a private, nonprofit (classified as a 501(c)(3) organization) educational children’s museum.
• 1985 Children’s Museum Planning Group formed.
• 1987 The Children's Museum of Memphis incorporated as a private, nonprofit educational corporation.
• 1988 The museum signed a lease with the City of Memphis for the National Guard Armory complex.
• 1990 After raising $3 million for construction, opened to the public on June 16.
• 1991 Celebrated first birthday in June with a first-year attendance of over 200,000 visitors.
• 1993 Celebrated third birthday with cumulative attendance of over 500,000 visitors.
• 1995 Celebrated fifth birthday with cumulative attendance of over 750,000 visitors.
• 1997 Celebrated seventh birthday with cumulative attendance of over one million visitors.
• 1999 Began a $6 million capital campaign to expand the museum by 16,000 square feet with four new exhibit galleries.
• 2001 Finished the $6 million capital campaign (raised $7.2 million) to expand the museum. Groundbreaking ceremony and construction began on March 23.
• 2002 Museum expansion completed and opened on August 3. Welcomed the museum’s 1,500,000th visitor.
• 2005 Welcomed the museum’s 2,000,000th visitor.
• 2008 Welcomed the museum’s 2,500,000th visitor.
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Hard Rock Cafe
315 Beale St Memphis TN
~15.26 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
FedEx Forum - Memphis Grizzlies
191 Beale Street Memphis TN
~15.26 miles from Olive Branch city center
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http://www.fedexforum.com
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Beale Street
Beale Street Memphis TN
~15.26 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Beale Street has been playing the blues for more than half a century. Named after an unknown military hero in 1841, it acted as General Ulysses S. Grant’s headquarters during the Civil War. But, Beale Street’s heyday was in the 1920’s, when the area took on a carnival atmosphere and gambling, drinking, prostitution, murder and voodoo thrived alongside the booming nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, stores, pawnshops and hot music. One club, The Monarch, was known as The Castle of Missing Men due to the fact that its gunshot victims and dead gamblers could be easily disposed of at the undertaker’s place that shared their back alley. In the early evenings, boxback suits and Stetson hats mingled with overalls. Young ladies began to sashay around and inside the bars, gamblers waited for an easy mark from the country to come strolling in, bug-eyed at the ways of the big city. If the mark escaped from the dice or the cards, maybe the rube would fall victim to Little Ora, who was always ready to prove her reputation as the best pickpocket between New Orleans and St. Louis. Or maybe he’d just stop over at PeeWee’s and visit with the musicians, or play a little pool, or secure the voodoo protection of Mary the Wonder.
By mid-evening, the street would be packed and a one-block walk could take forever, especially if he had to detour around the medicine show set up in the little hole in the wall, or if he stopped and listened to the wandering bluesman playing for pennies and nickels.
There was the sight of Machine Gun Kelly peddling bottled whiskey from a clothes basket back before he moved into the ranks of big-time crime.
There were numerous gamblers setting a box next to the card table and sliding a share of the take into it for the church down the street.
There were big vaudeville shows at the Palace and the Daisy, hot snoot sandwiches at the corner café jug bands playing down at the park and one block over on Gayoso there was a red-light district to rival New Orleans’ Storyville.
Good or bad – Beale Street created some memories.
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Le Bonheur Cordova Urgent Care
8035 Club Pkwy Cordova TN - 901-758-6000
~15.48 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Overton Park and Zoo
Millington TN
~15.50 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
Memphis TN
~15.52 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Autozone Park
200 Union Ave Memphis TN
~15.85 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Memphis TN
~15.87 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Business District (Neighborhood)
Millington TN
~16.09 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Rhodes College
Millington TN
~16.25 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Memphis Zoo
Memphis TN
~16.34 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Sun Studio
Memphis TN
~17.03 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Hunt Phelan Home
Memphis TN
~17.14 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Woodruff Fontaine House
Memphis TN
~17.32 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Mallory Neely House
Memphis TN
~17.35 miles from Olive Branch city center
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
Chucalissa Archaeological Museum
Memphis TN
~17.38 miles from Olive Branch city center
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Before Europeans set foot upon Mississippi Valley Soil, American Indians had developed a vibrant and sophisticated culture in the Memphis area. Chucalissa Museum allows visitors to explore the lifeways of these people.
Operated by the University of Memphis, Chucalissa serves as a gateway into understanding the science of archaeology and the interpretation of Native American history. Our museum exhibits interpret the prehistory of the Mid-South, and contemporary Southeastern Indian cultures.
The C.H. Nash Museum was founded in 1956 following the rediscovery of a Mississippian mound complex by workers preparing the T.O. Fuller State Park in the late 1930's. The site was separated from the park and developed as a laboratory for training archaeologists and as a place to interpret archaeology to the broader public. This mission continues today with our museum exhibitions, tours, public events and educational programs.
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Olive Branch
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum
Memphis TN
~17.39 miles from Olive Branch city center
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